CORPUS CHRISTI - A year and a half after a groundbreaking for construction on the new Dr. J.A. Garcia Elementary School, CCISD officials were back at the school for a dedication ceremony.

The school opened Jan. 14 and was built on Gollihar Road on the former site of Prescott Elementary School. The new campus was funded from construction savings accumulated from Bond 2008 projects, according to a news release.

The school is a replacement campus for the former Garcia Elementary and Prescott Elementary. It is named for Dr. J.A. Garcia, a general practitioner and former member of the Corpus Christi ISD board of trustees.

Garcia also was instrumental in the establishment of Del Mar College.

Tita Garcia Simone, Garcia’s daughter, attended the groundbreaking in November 2011 and said her father, brother of late civil rights leader Dr. Hector P. Garcia, always stressed the importance of education.